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Yen and Clooney are two of the new Seven Samurai?
Posted by Clint Morris on May 31, 2006
Danny Ocean and Iron Monkey fighting side-by-side in a remake of “The Seven Samurai”?
Apparent-leeeeee.
According to Monkey Peaches, the Weinstein lads – in all their inspired glory – are enlisting actor Donnie Yen (“Hero”), whose film “Dragon Tiger Gate” they’re handling distribution for, to help them get a remake of the classic 1954 actioner off the ground.
Yen, emerging as one of the most popular arse-kickers around, would star in the film with George Clooney (!) and Zhang Ziyi.
Yep, George ‘Batman, E.R, Ocean’s, Syriana’ Clooney. Mixing it up with the Kung-Fu Crowd. Sounds about as far-fetched as casting Michael Keaton as the Caped Crusader.
Yen would play e Kambei, the leader of the Seven Samurai, with Ziyi’s playing Shino, the village girl. (Guessing Clooney plays the suit-and-tie wearing mother that coaxes them into robbing a casino?)
The $100 million dollar remake will reportedly feature a throng of CG-effects, dipped in a profusion of martial-arts mayhem. No doubt, a sprinkle of Parmesan will be added for good measure.
The Weinstein’s have long-wanted to remake the film, which starred Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, and Seiji Miyaguchi, and reportedly seized the moment when they found some time to chew the fat with Donnie Yen in Cannes.
